Ohio § 5126.221 Investigative agents

Ohio Statutes

§ 5126.221 — Investigative agents

Ohio § 5126.221

Title 51Public Welfare

Ch. 5126County Boards of Developmental Disabilities

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5126.221 (2026).

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Each county board of    developmental  disabilities shall employ at least one   investigative   agent or  contract with a person or government   entity, including   another  county board of    developmental   disabilities or a regional council  established under   section5126.13of the Revised Code, for the  services of an   investigative   agent. Neither a county board nor a  person or   government entity   with which a county board contracts  for the   services of an   investigative agent shall assign any duties  to an   investigative   agent other than conducting investigations  under   section5126.313of the Revised Code.

All investigative agents shall be trained in civil and   criminal investigatory practices. The person responsible   for   supervising the work of the investigative age

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Each county board of developmental disabilities shall employ at least one investigative agent or contract with a person or government entity, including another county board of developmental disabilities or a regional council established under section5126.13of the Revised Code, for the services of an investigative agent. Neither a county board nor a person or government entity with which a county board contracts for the services of an investigative agent shall assign any duties to an investigative agent other than conducting investigations under section5126.313of the Revised Code.

All investigative agents shall be trained in civil and criminal investigatory practices. The person responsible for supervising the work of the investigative agents shall report directly to a county board's superintendent regarding the investigative agents.

No investigative agent shall do anything that interferes with the investigative agent's objectivity in conducting investigations under section5126.313of the Revised Code.